181. Chapter 181: The Royal Ranch
The riding and archery competition, which was very eye-catching by the people of Chang'an City, came as scheduled. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Early that morning, Li Shimin took the dragon chariot and led a group of ministers to the royal ranch.
The royal ranch is located in an open plain between Chang'an City and Tongguan, the whole ranch is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is built with bricks and stones, covering a huge area, in addition to the riding and archery competition in the late spring every year, it will also become an annual autumn hunting place in autumn.
This place also belongs to the Sinong Temple to manage, but now the Sinong Temple is lifeless, there is nothing unusual here, except for the endless grassland and all kinds of birds and beasts, there is nothing else.
When Li Shimin's team arrived at the royal ranch, although the sky was already bright, the sun had just come out of the horizon, and the red sun was close to the ground, standing on the royal ranch and looking east, it was beautiful.
According to the rules, the riding and archery competition starts after the hour and near the time of the hour, so in this hour, Li Shimin has to wait, and other invited courtiers and accomplished people from all walks of life will also arrive in this hour.
In front of the riding and shooting field, there is a stand, the stand is large, enough for dozens of people to sit on it and watch, and around the stand, a group of guards stands in case something happens.
After Li Shimin sat down on the chair in the stand, the ministers of the court gathered one after another, including military generals such as Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin, as well as civil servants such as the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling.
After these people sat down next to Li Shimin, they began to chat.
Because today is just watching the riding and archery competition, so the conversation is also very leisurely, some talk about the interesting stories in the capital in the past few days, some talk about the story of the Romance of the God, and of course, there are also memories of the year.
The stands were very lively and peaceful, and the horses raised by the royal family in the distance were also leisurely, some were looking, some were bowing their heads to graze, and some officials or ministers who came to the place walked around because the riding and archery competition had not yet begun.
Li Shimin sat on the chair a little bored, and when he heard those courtiers talking about their pride in galloping on the battlefield back then, he couldn't help but feel heroic, and got up and said, "Take the BMW here." ”
Some eunuchs immediately went down to order, and at this time, those civil and military generals had already noticed that Li Shimin was different, so they also hurriedly got up.
"Holy Lord, what are you?"
"It's still early before the riding and archery competition, I haven't ridden a horse in the deep palace for a long time, and today in this royal ranch, I want to gallop."
The eldest grandson Wuji, Li Jing and the others glanced at each other, and in order to prevent accidents, they hurriedly knelt down and said, "The ministers are willing to follow." ”
When Li Shimin fought the world, they sacrificed their lives to accompany each other, and now it is the same, Li Shimin saw that the ministers were like this, nodded and said: "Okay, when you come, you will all ride horses, and our monarchs and ministers will fight again." ”
Not long after that, dozens of horses were already being led, and Li Shimin flew on the horse and said, "Go!" ”
Seeing this, Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin and others were also full of pride, flew on the horse, patted the horse's buttocks, and said, "Holy Lord, the old minister is here." ”
The Tang Dynasty opened the country with martial arts, even Wenchen can ride a horse and shoot arrows, although the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling and others are a little old, and their actions on the horse are not as sharp as Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin and others, but they also fly on the horse and follow closely.
For a time, in the royal pasture, the dust was flying, the horses were galloping, the people on the horses were heroic, and the shouts were endless; The wild horse swept the entire pasture, Li Shimin and his ministers ran wildly, as if they had returned to the time when they fought the world, and their pride soared in their hearts, and they suddenly saw ambition.
When Tang Zhou came, he happened to see this scene, and when he saw this scene, his heart suddenly became excited.
Although time has passed, these people still have thousands of Lingyunzhi in their hearts, although he Tang Zhou has not been there in person, he can see this situation, but he can also empathize, so that he suddenly has a feeling that a big husband should be.
As a man, when he is on a horse, he can kill the enemy, and when he gets off the horse, he can govern the country, and he is proud of thousands of battles, and he can't take it for the world.
The sound of cheers gradually faded away, Li Shimin took his Wenchen military generals to the distance, and a flock of birds flew in the distance, and the surroundings of the stands slowly quieted down, but there were more and more guests coming.
Tang Zhou glanced at it and saw that Princess Danyang had already come, and in addition to Fang Ying, a good sister, there was another woman beside her, the woman was dressed in white, very demure, although she was a little unsmiling, but it gave people an indescribable mellow and comfortable feeling.
Princess Danyang and Fang Ying talked to each other, but the woman only stood aside, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two, Tang Zhou stood in the distance and watched for a while, and already understood some of the situation.
That woman can walk with Princess Danyang and Fang Ying, and she must have a good relationship with Princess Danyang, but she talks less and behaves more respectfully than Fang Ying, so her status should not be very high.
Thinking like this, Tang Zhou asked Tie Zhizhi and Li Hu to take a look around first, and he walked directly to Princess Danyang, and when he walked in the direction of Princess Danyang, he suddenly saw a Taoist priest walking towards Princess Danyang, the Taoist priest was about sixty years old, but he wanted to look younger, he came to Princess Danyang and gave a slight salute, Princess Danyang also respected her very much, and after a few people said a few words like this, the woman next to Princess Danyang left with the Taoist priest.
When Tang Zhou saw this, he became more and more puzzled, who was that Taoist priest, how could he get such a courtesy from Princess Danyang, he remembered that there were few famous Taoist priests in the Tang Dynasty, except for Li Chunfeng and Sun Simiao......
Thinking of Sun Simiao, Tang Zhou suddenly patted his forehead, secretly thinking that he was so stupid, just the appearance of a fairy wind bone, who else could there be besides Sun Simiao, the king of medicine?
It's just that Sun Simiao has been traveling abroad to treat the people, when did he return to the capital, and besides, who was the woman who left with him?
I don't know why, Tang Zhou always felt that he had a familiar feeling of that woman, but he really couldn't think of where he had seen it.
Just when Tang Zhou was thinking like this, Princess Danyang had already seen Tang Zhou, and nodded slightly to him, Tang Zhou saw this, showed a slight smile, and hurriedly greeted him: "Princess Danyang, Miss Fang." ”
Princess Danyang smiled: "The little marquis came early, how many of them are Cheng Chumo?" ”
"Her Royal Highness the princess is forgetful, they are going to participate in the riding archery competition today, and they have already rested in the guest room of the ranch palace, I was afraid that it would affect their performance, so I didn't go to them."
"So you're here alone?"
"No, I brought a few ...... Several subordinates and followers. ”
Princess Danyang sighed, a little strange, and asked, "I remember that you only have two followers, Tie Zhi and Xia Fan, how can you still have subordinates?" ”